Comets, Meteors, Asteroids and Gravitational Pull

Multiple Choice

Comets make there way around the sun in an elliptical orbit.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Where are most of the asteroids in the solar system located?

• Asteroid Belt

• Orion's Belt

• Gemini Area

Multiple Choice

What compromises the structure of a comet?

• Nucleus, Coma, Dust tail, Ice

• Nucleus, Dust tail & gases

• Nucleus, Coma, dust tail & gas tail (ion tail)

Multiple Choice

A meteoroid is found

• in Space

• entering earths atmosphere

• impacting earths surface

Multiple Choice

Meteor is also known as a shooting star

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What creates a bowl shaped hole known as a crater

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

Multiple Choice

A high frequency of meteors entering Earth's atmosphere is called a

• meteor shower

• Constellation

Multiple Choice

Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:

• The Kupier Belt
• The Oort Cloud
• The Planetary Rings
• The Asteroid Belt

Multiple Choice

We often see these objects appear as "shooting stars" or streak of light in the sky. They are "smaller" pieces of rock that are burning in our atmosphere.

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Meteroids

• Comets

Multiple Choice

Objects found in space that are hot balls of burning gas are called:

• Meteors

• Asteroids

• Stars

• Comets

Multiple Choice

A broken off piece of an asteroid is a ____.

• comet
• meteorite
• meteoroid
• tail

Multiple Choice

Which one travels in an elongated, elliptical orbit around the sun?

• asteroid
• comet
• meteor
• meteorite